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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: June 30, 2008
Caption: Marcellus H. Chiles-Medal of Honor Recipient World War I
Additional Description: He is buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: *CHILES, MARCELLUS H. • Rank and organization: Captain, U.S. Army, 356th Infantry, 89th Division • Place and date: Near Le Champy Bas, France, 3 November 1918 • Entered service at: Denver, Colo. • G.O. No.: 20, W.D., 1919 Citation: When his battalion, of which he had just taken command, was halted by machinegun fire from the front and left flank, he picked up the rifle of a dead soldier and, calling on his men to follow led the advance across a stream, waist deep, in the face of the machinegun fire. Upon reaching the opposite bank this gallant officer was seriously wounded in the abdomen by a sniper, but before permitting himself to be evacuated he made complete arrangements for turning over his command to the next senior officer, and under the inspiration of his fearless leadership his battalion reached its objective. Capt. Chiles died shortly after reaching the hospital.
Submitted: January 11, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p343864
File Size: 3.130 Megabytes

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